Installing nVidia drivers in Debian - Helpful

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I could never get my nvidia drivers working in Ubuntu and co. Whenever I installed the module, and ran the xconfig tool to change from the “nv” driver to “nvidia”, it would crash next boot.

I thought this might be the same for Debian, but not so. Debian-nVidia HOWTO - Installation using a tool called module-assisstant the kernel module source was compiled, and after issuing a few commands and restarting X I had 3d acceleration.

If anyone has had problem then try the steps here: Debian-nVidia HOWTO - Installation

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Really? I set up mine in less then a minute

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With the nvidia driver enabled, following the instructions I would get the Ubuntu loading screen but nothing would happen.

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I didn’t have any problems installing them in Debian either, using the following method:

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[li]Make sure kernel headers are installed and match running kernel.[/li][li]Download drivers from NVidia.[/li][li]init 1 (in debian, goes to a maintenence runlevel)[/li][li]install drivers using –x-module-path=/usr/lib/xorg/modules/ argument[/li][li]init 3 (go back to graphical runlevel)[/li][/ol]

Afterwords, you can check for direct rendering with the following:glxinfo | grep render